Store collection

Store collection

We are now offering a store collection service, simply place your order online (minimum £5) and select store collection at the checkout. We will then pick your items and keep them for you, until you are ready to collect.

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Hop Pellets

Hop pellets are whole hops which have been milled to a fine powder and then extruded and pelletised. During the milling process, the lupulin sacks, which contain the sought-after hop oils, rupture, releasing the oils. The oils both bind the pellets together and coat the outside of the pellet, helping to protect the pellets from oxidation, so they last longer.

Hop pellets have several advantages over whole hops. They have a much larger surface area and the oils are already released, increasing utilisation by 10-20%, so consequently, less pellets are needed. Pellets will also readily sink, rather than sit on top of the wort, again increasing their effectiveness. Whole hops act like a sponge, soaking up a large volume of the wort, whereas this is not an issue with pellets.

Some brewers don't like to use pellets in the boil, as they believe that they won't be able to filter them out properly. However, all you need to do is to set up a whirlpool in the wort at flame-out, by stirring the wort in a single direction for a minute or two, until a whirlpool forms. Put a lid on the kettle and leave for 20 minutes, after which you will find that the pellets have settled into a cone at bottom of the kettle.